An Invitation: Well Dwellers Book Club

I've been excited for this announcement and here it is! At The Bottom Of The Well is starting the Well Dwellers Book Club this June!! 😀 While live events are hoped for the future, this book club will be an engaging online community that meets through Zoom every other week starting Sunday June 2nd from 1:30 pm to 3 pm. It is my hope that we get to explore different books relating to disability, dignity, & hope. But also, I am truly hoping we can create a sincere and authentic community where we can all share our own sacred stories as Well Dwellers who find ourselves in relationship with one another and those same three themes - disability, dignity, & hope.

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Deep & Wide Conference Invitation

I wanted to share this post as an invitation to you to the upcoming Deep & Wide Conference this May 10th & 11th. Their theme is going to be 'Ecclesial Engagement With Disability Across Canada' and I am both excited and honored to be able to share some of my own thoughts there.

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We Need Better Caregivers In Calgary

Let me start by saying my wife and I have some incredible caregivers who care greatly for us and are immeasurably skilled in knowledge and experience for looking after our health needs as quadreplegics here in the city of Calgary. We could not survive out here in the community without them! But, it seems as though this community of caregiving has been drastically shrinking the past several years and culturally changing with fewer skilled employees who seem to only care about receiving a paycheck rather then bringing dignity and care to those with disabilities. Last June, AHS announced they would be canceling their community caregiving contract with CBI Home Health and renewing it with a new company here in Calgary called Caregivers Home Health Care...

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Warfare, The 1st Sunday In Advent, & Hope For Those With Disabilities

It seems inescapable these days. Images and news about war and gun violence is everywhere. A few weeks ago I was watching as pictures of children in the middle east, bloody and crying in pain, were being carried frantically to any place of refuge that might be found. With horror flooding the pit of my stomach, I began asking myself the question; what happens with the disabled in places of violent war?

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Disability & The Deeper Self

This post is part of a series that starts here. Most times when we approach the subject of understanding our deeper selves, I think our first thoughts go to the question of, "Are we religious?" From there we then move towards our inner beliefs and struggles between religion and spirituality. The problem is, by polarizing... Continue Reading →

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Bearing Through The Pain

The last few days have not been easy. In fact, the word that comes to mind is excruciating. It's really in both of my hands and forearms. But more so in my right as my carpal tunnel syndrome sends shockwaves of pain shooting out my right pointy finger knuckle and up through my arm and bicep every time I try to lift myself up in my chair for pressure relief or push myself around in my wheelchair. The answer seems simple... STOP lifting yourself up all the time, right?! Ya, not so simple. If I don't keep doing my pressure relief, I run the risk of developing another pressure wound. So I push through it. I grimace and try to ignore the pain as I push through the excruciating electric shocks from my nerves. Well, that, and pop Tylenols every 4 hours. An interesting thought came to mind though yesterday. I found myself pondering, in what ways does the imago Dei (image of God) reflect pain?

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